The Roosevelt I Knew

Perkins, Frances

Viking Press, 1946.

Signed by Francis Perkins on front flyleaf. First printing with "Published by Viking Press in November, 1946". Original red cloth. No dust jacket. Fading to spine and edges of boards. Dampstain to front board and prelims. Bookplate. Staining to top page end, marginal dampstaining.

Perkins was the first woman to be appointed to be a Cabinet member and was Secretary of Labor of the United States under FDR. Perkins also served Roosevelt while he was governor of New York State She worked throughout her life on behalf of the urban poor.